Ep 12: Michael Babin on teaching Tai Chi in the 90s

My guest in this episode is Michael Babin a Tai Chi practitioner from Ottawa, Canada who has been teaching Tai Chi since the 1980s. He’s primarily a Yang style practitioner, but also does a bit of Sun style Tai Chi on the side. Michael is now officially retired from running his own school, but still keeps his hand in training 3 or 4 times a week with his old students.

In our discussion we talk a lot about the problems associated with teaching Tai Chi and what the Tai Chi scene was like in Canada in the 90s and how things have changed compared to today. We also chat about the various Tai Chi teachers Michael has trained under over the years including Tim Cartmell, Erle Montaigue and Sam Masich.

Michael has recently started a YouTube channel where you can see him teaching and performing Tai Chi, which you can find at:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp-_4T9Qhk8qVbrTOF0WBow